Contours of Identity

This exhibition examines the parallel journeys of F.N. Souza and Avinash Chandra, two major Indian émigré artists who built their careers in London while maintaining deep ties to India. Both navigated the freedom and challenges of creating art abroad, especially the expectations placed on their “Indian identity” by the London art world. Their work also explored sexuality—Souza openly, Chandra symbolically—not as cultural stereotypes but as expressions of inner consciousness. Seen together, their similarities and differences illuminate each artist more clearly.